Is anyone going to the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, UK? As I drove home from work tonight a Eurofighter rolled down into a dive and climbed right up front/above me. Of course I changed 3 lanes without realising it whilst looking up - it's going to be a dangerous week ;)

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Not a lot flying above Farnborough today. Just this one plane. The rest must be having a rest before the show starts on Monday. This was taken from my garden.

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First one of the smallest planes, now one of the biggest, an Airbus A380 flying right over the trees in my garden.

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Those pics remind me of when I lived in Florida. This was back just before they banned supersonic flights over populated areas. We lived about 25 miles east of McDill Air Force Base in Tampa Fla., just a little south of the flight path if they were to take off to the north then turn toward the east coast. If we were very lucky we could catch a glimpse of a fighter or fighter group flashing past the back yard of our house just a thousand feet or so up. Not a sound could be heard yet! Then a few seconds later... BANG-ROAR!!! Hehe.

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MCAS Miramar has theirs in October. Last year was the first year it wasn't televised. I guess the local station didn't think the Thunder Birds were as important as the Blue Angels.

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Those pics remind me of when I lived in Florida. This was back just before they banned supersonic flights over populated areas. We lived about 25 miles east of McDill Air Force Base in Tampa Fla., just a little south of the flight path if they were to take off to the north then turn toward the east coast. If we were very lucky we could catch a glimpse of a fighter or fighter group flashing past the back yard of our house just a thousand feet or so up. Not a sound could be heard yet! Then a few seconds later... BANG-ROAR!!! Hehe.

An Airbus A380 turned up at Farnborough two years ago (they have the air show there every two years), but it is the only time these giants ever come to this small airport, although the main runway can accommodate just about any plane.

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Not too much flying the day before the air show, but I managed to get a pic of a distant helicopter.

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The air show starts today. It's a gloriously sunny day over Farnborough right now, and I have a day off to chill out at a pub on the airport perimeter. Hoping to get a few pics. Here is another of a distant helicopter I got yesterday taken at 300mm zoom.

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The air show started this morning with Red Arrows. They took off and simply disappeared, presumably to do a show elsewhere.

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Wonderful !

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They're going...

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They're gone

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They're gone

You are very lucky with the weather......CAVOK!
Great pictures....I wish I was there.
In aviation, pilots say: it is better staying on the ground wishing to be airborne, instead of being airborne and wishing to be on the ground!!!
Cheers, Ice!

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You are very lucky with the weather......CAVOK!
Great pictures....I wish I was there.
In aviation, pilots say: it is better staying on the ground wishing to be airborne, instead of being airborne and wishing to be on the ground!!!
Cheers, Ice!

Thanks Dirk. I have many more pictures on my website from the first day of the show http://www.anton.uk.com/photography/photos42/pictures.htm. Please take a look. This is a F22A which only flew at Farnborough last Thursday and this last Monday after which it returned to the States. F22s rarely appear at shows outside the USA.

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One of the more unusual planes form the air show.

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Today was the first of two days the air show was open to the public.

The show itself was as good and as interesting as ever. What was going on in the air was absolutely spectacular.

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I have added some more photos from yesterdays Farnborough Air Show to my web site http://www.anton.uk.com/photography/photos42/pictures.htm

Please take a look. I'll be adding more later, and from today's show, so please come back and check my site for updates.

This is a Rolls Royce Spitfire XIX PR

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A Spitfire with the typical D-Day invasion colour scheme of white and black stripes on the wings and tail, on final approach for landing.....great picture, Ice.
It seems the weather is splendid during all the event, that´s the best of news.
That´s a very close picture and it seems you were quite near: Wow!

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I think that is taking off ... (flaps are not down)

A great picture Ice.

Best regards.

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